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Different Formats for tournaments

Each team plays the other three teams once (single league system)1 mini-pitch

4 teams (1 phase)

Round

Match

1

1

A - B

2

C - D

2

3

B - C

4

D - A

3

5

B - D

6

A - C

3 matches per team

Each team plays against the other four (single league system), one team sits out each round (stand-by)2 Pitches

5 teams (1 phase)

Round

Match

1

1

A - B

2

C – D

No Match

E

2

3

E - A

4

D - B

No Match

C

3

5

C - E

6

A - D

No Match

B

4

7

B - E

8

C - A

No Match

D

5

9

D - E

10

B - C

No Match

A

4 matches per team

(divided into 2 pools of 3 teams) / 2 pitches (single league system)

1) First phase with two pools of three teams:

Two pools of three teams, each team playing the other two teams.

Pool P1 = A, B and C

Pool P2 = D, E and F

Solution 1:

Only one match between the teams

6 teams – First phase

Pool

Match

P1

1

A – B

P2

2

D – E

P1

3

C – A

P2

4

F – D

P1

5

B – C

P2

6

E – F

2 matches per team

Solution 2:

Home and away matches

6 teams – First phase

Pool

Match

P1

1

A - B

P2

2

D - E

P1

3

C - A

P2

4

F - D

P1

5

B - C

P2

6

E - F

P1

7

B - A

P2

8

E - D

P1

9

A – C

P2

10

D - F

P1

11

C - B

P2

12

F – E

4 matches per team

2) Second phase:

Two groups of three teams, each team playing the other two teams.

Group W: the two winners of pools P1 and P2 + the best second-placed team

Group L: the three other teams

Final Round W

Final Round L

A

1st P1

D

2nd P1 / P2

B

1st P2

E

3rd P1

C

Best 2nd P1/2

F

3rd P2

Final Round - Organisation of Matches

Group

Match

W

1

B – C

L

2

D – E

W

3

C – A

L

4

F – D

W

5

A – B

L

6

E – F

2 matches per team

(divided into 2 pools of 4 teams) / 2 pitches (single league system)

1) First phase:

Two pools -> each team plays the other three teams.

Pool 1 - 4 teams

Round

Match

1

1

A - B

2

C - D

2

3

B - C

4

D - A

3

5

B - D

6

A - C

3 matches per team

Pool 2 - 4 teams

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Round

Match

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1

1

E - F

2

G - H

2

3

F - G

4

H - E

3

5

F - H

6

E - G

3 matches per team

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If only one pitch is available, the matches of Pools 1 and 2 are played alternately

2) Second phase:

Two groups of four teams, each team playing the other three teams.

Group W: comprising the top two teams of each pool

Group L: comprising the bottom two teams of each pool

Group W

Group L

A

1st P1

E

3rd P1

B

1st P2

F

3rd P2

C

2nd P1

G

4th P1

D

2nd P2

H

4th P2

Place 1 to 4

Group W - 4 teams

Round

Match

1

1

A - D

2

B - C

2

3

A - C

4

D - B

3

5

C - D

6

A - B

3 matches per team

Place 5 to 8

Group L - 4 teams

Round

Match

1

1

E - H

2

F - G

2

3

E - G

4

H - F

3

5

G - H

6

E - F

3 matches per team

If only one pitch is available, the matches of Groups W and L are played alternately

(divided into 4 pools of 4 teams) / 4 pitches (single league system)

First round: four pools -> each team plays the other three teams once

Pool 1: Teams A, B, C and D

Pool 2: Teams E, F, G and H

Pool 3: Teams I, J, K and L

Pool 4: Teams M, N, O and P

Pool 1 - 4 teams

Round

Match

1

1

A - B

2

C - D

2

3

B - C

4

D - A

3

5

B - D

6

A - C

3 matches per team

Second round

Two W groups, comprising the top two teams from each pool, and two L groups comprising the bottom two teams of each pool.

Second Round W1

Second Round W2

A

1st P1

E

1st P3

B

1st P2

F

1st P4

C

2nd P3

G

2nd P1

D

2nd P4

H

2nd P2

Second Round L1

Second Round L2

A

3rd P1

E

3rd P3

B

3rd P2

F

3rd P4

C

4th P3

G

4th P1

D

4th P4

H

4th P2

The matches of Groups L1, L2, W1 and W2 are played alternately

Semi-Finals:

1nd match: Winner of Group W1 against second in Group W2

2nd match: Winner of Group W2 against second in Group W1

Finals:

3rd/4th place match: losing semi-finalists

1st/2nd place match: winning semi-finalists

Duration

The competition formulas, the number of pitches, the number of matches, the level of the players and other factors such as climatic conditions will help the coach-educator to assess the proper time factor in organising tournaments. Here are some indications of match duration in respect to different age groups and game formats.